Computer chips are one of the most important aspects of artificial intelligence (AI). The powerful little pieces are foundational to automatic image recognition and are partly responsible for teaching robots how to do certain activities like walk. With the increasing potential of AI technology, today’s computer chips are required to be both extremely powerful and economical, but this is a difficult thing to accomplish. Since conventional microelectronics can only be optimized so much due to physical limitations, researchers have turned to the human brain, as they often do, for inspiration on how to process and store information more efficiently. Scientists at TU Dresden and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have successfully imitated the workings of brain neurons through the use of semiconductor materials, for the first time ever.The work was done by three primary authors, including HZDR physicist Larysa Baraban, and it was an international collaboration between...
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Computer chips are one of the most important aspects of artificial intelligence (AI). The powerful little pieces are foundational to automatic image recognition and are partly responsible for teaching robots how to do certain activities like walk. With the increasing potential of AI technology, today’s computer chips are required to be both extremely powerful and economical, but this is a difficult thing to accomplish.
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While the world at large tries to put itself back together from the fallout caused by COVID-19, the semiconductor industry is doing more than just fine.
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Proteus, the name given to this new lightweight material, can turn back the force of a cutting tool upon itself. Credit: Durham University
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PM China & CCEC China & IACE China 2020 gathers nearly 500 exhibitors under one roof to showcase advanced technologies, equipments and high-quality products such as high-performance materials, advanced ceramics products, new molding and processing technology, manufacturing technology of high precision parts, intelligent manufacturing technology and 3D printing technology.
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A Bochum-based team has developed a new process for zinc oxide layers that can be used for nitrogen oxide sensors as well as protection layer on plastic.
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Grain boundaries in ceramics may not be as chemically stable as previously thought. So say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US who have found that carbon atoms collect or segregate at the boundaries of silicon carbide – a technologically important ceramic – when the material is exposed to ionizing radiation. The result could help improve our understanding of ceramics in general and aid the development of better ceramic materials for applications in nuclear energy.
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Waste heat is all around you. On a small scale, if your phone or laptop feels warm, that's because some of the energy powering the device is being transformed into unwanted heat.
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When most people think of ceramics, they might envision their favorite mug or a flowerpot. But modern technology is full of advanced ceramics, from silicon solar panels to ceramic superconductors and biomedical implants
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